I started out with a really good plot. I had it outlined and everything! I knew what was going to happen and when, and where, and why, and to whom. . . and than I started writing . . . I can say this is the strangest NaNovel I have ever written: My plot about Jack [...] Read Full Story

Writing in 2nd Person POV[quote=stelmariacookie]My story this year takes place largely in dream sequences, so I've been playing around with writing some scenes in 2nd person present tense. I'm finding it to be very awkward for dialog.Does anyone have some good examples of 2nd person dialog?Are any of you writing in 2nd person? If so, what have you found to be the biggest challenge about writing in this uncommon POV?----------[/quote]Out side of a game book (aka a Choose Your Own Adventure boo... Read Full Story

Are any of you writing in 2nd person? If so, what have you found to be the biggest challenge about writing in this uncommon POV? ———- [/quote] Out side of a game book (aka a Choose Your Own Adventure book) second person does not go over well, with either readers or publishers. It’s hard to read, if you [...] Read Full Story

The question: First Person Tense Issues! [quote=Adjective]“Okay, yeah I was really thin. I had kids that randomly walked up to me and asked me if I was anorexic. But I ate really badly. I should be morbidly obese, but I’m not, I just have a super fast metabolism. Which people say is good, but you are always [...] Read Full Story

The question:First Person Tense Issues![quote=Adjective]"Okay, yeah I was really thin. I had kids that randomly walked up to me and asked me if I was anorexic. But I ate really badly. I should be morbidly obese, but I’m not, I just have a super fast metabolism. Which people say is good, but you are always hungry and you always have to pee. Then again, I like being able to eat whatever I want whenever I want and even if I didn’t get any exercise; I would still look like this. "Do you want... Read Full Story

Multiple pronouns - how do you keep them straight?[quote=terraluft]Help! I constantly have several characters in the same place at the same time. How do you talk about two female characters using 'she' without getting them all confused? I hate having to use their names or how they are related to my MC because it doesn't seem to flow as well as using the pronouns. And maybe the best answer is "don't worry about it because that's what the editing phase is for" applies? I have a tendency to... Read Full Story

Multiple pronouns – how do you keep them straight? [quote=terraluft]Help! I constantly have several characters in the same place at the same time. How do you talk about two female characters using ’she’ without getting them all confused? I hate having to use their names or how they are related to my MC [...] Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo RE: What is the difference between writing scenes and chapters? [quote=Aisling23]I realize there can be several scenes in a chapter, but still the arc of change can happen in both and can a long scene be called a chapter? what most differentiates scene and chapter? thank you I’m writing very long scenes or chapters; I am not sure which…. ———- http://www.symbolicbridging.com/ http://www.aislingnano.wordpress.com/ [/quote] A [...] Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo RE: What is the difference between writing scenes and chapters?[quote=Aisling23]I realize there can be several scenes in a chapter, but stillthe arc of change can happen in both and can a long scene be called a chapter?what most differentiates scene and chapter?thank youI'm writing very long scenes or chapters; I am not sure which....----------http://www.symbolicbridging.com/http://www.aislingnano.wordpress.com/[/quote]A chapter has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A scene does no... Read Full Story

So, I flew through to 50k without any trouble, mostly because I was writing very fast with out stopping to think about where my plot was heading. I just wrote the first thing that popped into my head. As a result I now have a ton of random not really connected scenes, involving 3 kids [...] Read Full Story